Astronomy has always relied on optical instruments, from the early Galilean telescope to fiber-fed spectrographs, so much so that astronomy and modern optics are called astrophotonics. Since ...

Near Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec and Mid-Infrared Instrument MIRI are installed with two other instruments in JWST’s payload module called the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM). Together, ...

Figure 1: NICT's 7.4 km, 2 Tbit/s horizontal propagation experiment (April 2025). The ST terminal was used as the transmitter and the FX terminal as the receiver. The terminals exchanged pseudo-random ...

Four parties will verify bidirectional communication by equipping optical wireless communication devices on Low Earth Orbit satellites and HAPS. The National Institute of Information and ...

Europe’s NIRSpec instrument will be launched in 2018 as part of the NASAESA James Webb Space Telescope. This week, in recognition of the UN International Year of Light, a NIRSpec model is among the ...